‘Geez, where did that come from?’: Horton ponders retirement
Australian Olympic champion Mack Horton could hang up his goggles after missing selection in the Australian team for next month’s world championships.
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Against the law? ASC issues transgender warning
Some global sports have banned transgender women from elite female competitions – but Australian sports could be in breach of federal laws if they follow international policies.
‘Holy hell’: Aussie swim queen dethroned
Aussie 200m freestyle Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus has been dethroned as the queen of the event in a wild race that left commentators rocked.
Aussie icon goes ballistic over son’s miracle swim
She stole the hearts of a nation when dominating the Commonwealth Games as a 15-year-old, but last night Hayley Lewis was a spectator as her son stole the headlines.
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Campbell joins social media blackout
CATE Campbell is the latest of our swimming stars to stop using social media during the Olympics, telling her followers that she will be “taking a break”.
Bronte cool as ice on Cate’s WR
FINALLY the Campbell sister rivalry just got real. Very real. When Cate broke the 100m freestyle world record last month, Bronte was nowhere to be seen.
Olympic legends help raise McKeon’s stocks
DAVID McKeon has taken advice from Olympic greats Mark and Tracey Stockwell every day for the past year as he looks to conquer his nerves on the world stage.
Bruce’s 50 must-see Rio moments
WORRIED you might miss the Rio Olympic moments we’ll be talking about for years? Fear not, Channel 7’s Bruce McAvaney is here to mark your card …
Sister act is lapping up the pressure
THE Campbell sisters stand on the verge of creating Olympic history but there is no chance the swimming superstars will be weighed down by the burden of what they can achieve in Rio.
Olympic success is all in the mind
THE Australian swim team’s secret weapon is a sports psychologist who has armed our medal prospects with all the mental tools required to become a champion.
Cate makes the switch to automatic
CATE Campbell’s coach has tried to turn her into a swimming “robot” but from now until the Olympic Games she’s being treated as fragile as a China doll.
True cost of an Olympic medal
AUSTRALIAN taxpayers have handed over an incredible war chest of riches to our swimmers in Rio. The cost of a gold medal will shock you.
Thorpe’s emotional words driving Larkin
WORLD backstroke champion Mitch Larkin has revealed how an “emotional” speech by Australia’s greatest Olympian Ian Thorpe has inspired his Rio Olympic quest.
What price success? How we fund Rio stars
IT HAS cost the Australian taxpayer $38m to get our swimmers to Rio. With estimates the team could win eight gold medals, that works out to $4.75m each.
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